2023-06-01 19:57:46
Since this morning, in Vitoria it is not necessary to get on a bicycle to explore the history of the Tour de France. Just go to the Casa de Cultura and enjoy yourself. More than a hundred jerseys on display throughout the month of June. From the times of Luis Ocaña and Eddy Merckx to the present. The long-awaited battle of the next edition between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.
One month and one day after the arrival of the Tour de France in Vitoria, the Álava capital accumulates several initiatives for a historic moment. The last one, the exhibition of more than a hundred jerseys around Basque cycling, from June 1 to 15, and the gala round, from June 16 to 29, on the occasion of the ‘Grand Départ’ of this year’s edition that will take place in the Basque Country.
The Casa de Cultura Ignacio Aldecoa in Vitoria, where the collection is displayed, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. during the week and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays . It doesn’t open on Sunday. The collection is owned by the Asturian cycling fan Adrián Jiménez Rubio and the rest of the fans enjoy a particular vision of Basque cycling and the Tour de France through the garments that appear in many of the most important photos in the history of the sport of the bike.
The exhibition is organized in two sections. On the one hand, jerseys (and chrono overalls) of Basque cyclists and teams and from Itzulia. From the most popular Mikel Landa, Omar Fraile, Pello Bilbao, the Izagirre or González de Galdeano brothers, Joseba Beloki, Abraham Olano, Mikel Nieve, Haimar Zubeldia, Juanma Garate, Bingen Fernández, Julián Gorospe… to authentic jewels.
The world champion jersey with Igor Astarloa’s Cofidis team, Javier Mauleón’s legendary Mapei GB 1996 jersey and Jon Unzaga’s ‘Giro d’Italia’ version, Kelme Halcon Viajes’ jersey from the year 2000 by the late Javier Otxoa, signed by all the members of the squad, the Spanish champion ‘Gemeaz Cusin Zor’ from 1984, ‘Italia’ edition, by Jesús Ibáñez Loyo from Alava, garments from historical figures such as Txomin Perurena and Miguel Mari Lasa… Also included are jerseys for the leader of Itzulia, among which you can find those of Vingegaard, Roglic and Alejandro Valverde, among others.
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And on the other hand, jerseys from the Grand Prix of the Tour de France (yellow, green, polka dot and white jerseys), together with special editions of some sets for this event. You will be able to admire the yellow jerseys of active txirrindularis such as Tadej Pogacar or Chris Froome and those already retired such as Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, Alberto Contador, Carlos Sastre and Luis Ocaña.
Of the regularity, green, there will be those of Peter Sagan, Erik Zabel and Óscar Freire, while there will be some more with red polka dots, among which Samuel Sánchez, Tony Rominger, Julian Alaphilippe and Richard Virenque, the cyclist who He has won the mountain prize more times, no less than seven times. Finally, the whites, who are credited as the best youngster of the gala round, are those of Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, Andy Schleck and Óscar Sevilla, a 45-year-old still active cyclist. The official jerseys of the Santini brand will also be shown for the 2023 edition, that of the start of the Basque Country.
Within this ‘Tour’ block you will also be able to enjoy exclusive editions made for the ‘Grande Boucle’. Treasures such as the 1994 Mercatone Uno ‘shirt’, the ONCE black and pink garments, the 1986 La Vie Claire Tour jersey, the 2016 Tinkoff La Datcha jersey, the 1999 Saeco Cannondale jersey and the jersey and vest of the Domina Vancanze of 2004, both sets of the great sprinter Mario Cipollini, or the exclusive “masterpiece” model for Wout Van Aert, are some of the most spectacular garments, in addition to the ‘ONCE jersey special edition Tour de France 1990 signed by Marino Lejarreta, winner of a stage that same year in Millau.
In this way, from June 1 to 15, the jerseys of the Tour universe will be present in the Eixample Building in Bilbao, while the rest, focused on Basque cycling, will be exhibited in the capital of the Basque Country. After this period there will be an exchange between the two capitals and from June 16 to 25, Bilbao will exhibit the Euskadi clothing, while Vitoria-Gasteiz, from 16 to 29, the ‘treasures’ of the gala round. The exhibition, now complete, can be enjoyed at Amorebieta-Etxano from June 30 to July 8, at the Zelaieta center.
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